Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-24
M e DI l. IN III A l. A II o N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
" of the respiratory p ssages con lists in
he employ ment of Me1ical Inhalation for
its dit ect effects on the diseased organs;
aud, at the same time. adopting such ny
gienic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as will most ef-
fectuaIly purify the blood. give t"ne t.,
the nervous system. ana bdlld up ana
siren gthen the general constitution. 1n
olher W rds, we employ combined local
and general treatment.
" hat is Medicaal Inhalation? Before
stating briefly what Medic.l inhalation
is, we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t is not.
Medical Inhalation IL not a cure-all. a
nostrum, or panacea. 1t is not specific
remedy for any disease. 1t Is not quack
medicine, or advertised to cure any Or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an intended to
iii the pock, is Of It's proprietors 1t is no
a talisman, whose possession insures health
to its possessor without the intervention OF
sense or Judgment. Medical Inhalation Is
none of these things.
Medical Inhalation is simply and solely a
method of taking medicines by fnhhling or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In.
hslattOn, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat OF the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t Is clear to
every reasoning pereon how peculiarly ap.
plicable Inha alton is in the disorders OF
the organs named. If you have scalded or
DuTueu bu6 6uIlhCo VI tuC po0s pOA WoAnOSo
any limb or member, you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue On the contrary, you apply
Il directly to the seat of the wound or in-
jury. Why then. when suffering from Ca
tarih of the nasal passages or throat. or at.
flicted wi h ulceratiO OF the lungs, should
you rely on medicines taken Into the
proper healing remedies to the seat of The
disease, but It applies the remedy IN the
gaseous or vaporOus form, In which form,
as is well known, medicines act most power.
fully How much greater for example, Is
the effect of a drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when sw allowed into the stomach.
The same is true of chlorine, OF iodine. and
of many other substances BY inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
method the proper remedy is applied dl-
rec,ly to the diseased organ. Who, after
Studyi, 2 the anotomy of the lungs. can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation of
the air-tubes and air-cells. the dlrec appf1-
cation of the healing medicine by iphala
ton to the dises sed p rts. is the correct and
rational method of treatment? Who. on
the OF her hand, can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces OF the ir-
pass ges in this case. Is by the way OF the
mbrape. o. skin, lining the airpassages
of the nose, throat and lungs, is only
slightly modified form Of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
of tb g body. Whv, then, should local treat
ment he proper and necessary for 1nham
nations congestions and alterations OF the
one and not be equally so IN the case OF the
other?
diseases of the noe. throat and lungs. de-
mopstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment of these diseases is
that treatment which combines the local
effects OF medical inhalation. with the con-
sttutional effects of systematic remedies.
given in the usual way by the stomach.
One or both methods must be adopted as
the circumstances demand, and such rene
and and judgment Of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
Medical AdvOCates OF IN ma Ia ti0n.
Physicians who were educated twenty
years ago or more, and who have not Kept
lp with the times in the advance in med1-
cal science, have very tile idea OF the great
importance al leadt' writers now give 70
Medical Inhalation in the trea ment OF pull
monary diseases 10 sucn an eXlept ~ n .nis
true that no patient should intrust his Cas-.
to auy physician " ho is not well prepared
and th roughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering OF the
proper remedies by the method OF 1nhala-
tion.
The numerous cures effected by inhala.
lation in cases seemingly past all help, and
the uniform success attending its u.s. IN
diseases of the respiratory organs, rende
at once apply himself to gain practical
knowledge of the Inhalation, or, If that is
not possible, he is at least bound TO decline
to treat such cases.
the age VIII are fully awakened TO the value
of MeCiical Inhalation in these diseases are
The eel. bfated DR.. Burden anderson; ;
DR.. La Roche, OF the Paris academy OF
lin; Drs Klebs and T0mmasi-Crufeli; Sir
Archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, Scot land !;
DR.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron. Dr. Gurdon BucK'
Prof. Albert L. hert, the celebrated n u
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer
Wells, Dr. Hilton Flagge. DR.. G. P. Mod,
Drs. Fritsch and Hitsig DR. Fotherglll, Or
Richard thompson, pr; X. > CaIpenter'
Krauss, Hugnenie, Heller. Orth, Corrisan,
Fenwick. and many others.
With scarcely single exception every
medical authori of eminence recognize
the wonderful pot ancy of this new method d,
and the coming generation OF physicians
are certain to be thoroughly educated
| therein. At present 1t is only few physi'
clans here aud there who have made "Dis-
eases OF Respiration" iiie study stu IN are
| resources of Medical Inhalation In the cure
| of these diseases.
The Durability of Consumption. .
For five years the celebrated DR.. I. II
Bennett waa pathologist to the yal In-
| Urinary of Edinburgh, and In his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol.
| lowing statement:
"During this period made upwards OF
! 2OOe post-mortem examinations OF persons
| diving from various diseases, and l was
| con nstantly meeting with cases In which
found cavities in the lungs from consump
tion, which had evidently healed up OF
cicatrizsd years before the death of the
subject Nature did not seem to have been
successful in restoring the wasted lung
substance. but the cavities were dried up,
| the progress of the disease arrested. aud
the subject lived for years, with diminished